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Darwin and the Church
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The story of Charles Darwin’s involvement with the church is one that is told far too rarely. It shows another side of the man who is more often remembered for his personal struggles with faith, or for his role in large-scale controversies over the…
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- … his personal and professional interactions with various clergymen and religious bodies. …
- … Henslow, and his friend and cousin William Darwin Fox were clergymen naturalists. A nostalgic piece …
- … have made the following declaration to a gathering of fellow clergymen, including an unspecified …
- … known as an advowson. It was not uncommon in this period for clergymen to hold several Church …
- … virtually owned the parish, built the church, and sought clergymen of whom he approved. But …
- … of English institutions was that Church of England clergymen came to see their pastoral role as …
What did Darwin believe?
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What did Darwin really believe about God? the Christian revelation? the implications of his theory of evolution for religious faith? These questions were asked again and again in the years following the publication of Origin of species (1859). They are…
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- … fame grew. Young naturalists, sceptical writers, clergymen, and educators wrote to him about his …
- … socialised when in London included several leading Unitarian clergymen, James Martineau and John …
- … and his large network of correspondents, many of whom were clergymen and members of the gentry, …
- … his publications on evolution, and later correspondence with clergymen and enquiring readers, is an …
4.10 'Hornet' caricature of Darwin
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< Back to Introduction Caricatures of Darwin that depicted him as a semi-ape are numerous and well known, but they marked a specific historical moment. Most date from the period following the publication of Descent of Man in 1871-2, extending through…
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- … and general abuse he received in letters from various clergymen. Janet Browne, Charles Darwin: The …
Evolutionary views of human nature
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From April 2010 until 31 March 2013, the Darwin Correspondendence Project ran an major international research project 'Exploring Evolutionary Views of Human Nature through Darwin’s Correspondence'. Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research…
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- … and the progress of human civilization with scientists, clergymen, philosophers, and other members …
Darwin and religion: a definitive web resource
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I am aware that if we admit a first cause, the mind still craves to know whence it came and how it arose. Charles Darwin to N. D. Doedes, 2 April 1873 Darwin is more famous, and more notorious than ever. Nowhere is this more evident than in the…
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- … At least 200 of Darwin’s correspondents were clergymen, some of whom were personal friends and many …
Interview with Pietro Corsi
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Pietro Corsi is Professor of the History of Science at the University of Oxford. His book Evolution Before Darwin is due to be published in 2010 by Oxford University Press. Date of interview: 17 July 2009 Transcription 1: Introduction …
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- … a lot of French Lamarckian [literature] was owned by English clergymen. You do not have that in …
- … I mean the professional structure, of the Anglican clergymen. I found people endorsing moderate …
- … every cleric. I mean, Cl?mence Royer hates rabbis, imams, clergymen: every form of religious person …
Race, Civilization, and Progress
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Darwin's first reflections on human progress were prompted by his experiences in the slave-owning colony of Brazil, and by his encounters with the Yahgan peoples of Tierra del Fuego. Harsh conditions, privation, poor climate, bondage and servitude,…
Darwin in letters, 1860: Answering critics
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On 7 January 1860, John Murray published the second edition of Darwin’s Origin of species, printing off another 3000 copies to satisfy the demands of an audience that surprised both the publisher and the author. It wasn't long, however, before ‘the…
Interview with John Hedley Brooke
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John Hedley Brooke is President of the Science and Religion Forum as well as the author of the influential Science and Religion: Some Historical Perspectives (Cambridge University Press, 1991). He has had a long career in the history of science and…
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- … reception in the southern USA, the reception among Anglican clergymen in England? and in truth, it’s …
Darwin in letters, 1869: Forward on all fronts
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At the start of 1869, Darwin was hard at work making changes and additions for a fifth edition of Origin. He may have resented the interruption to his work on sexual selection and human evolution, but he spent forty-six days on the task. Much of the…
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- … in the year, was attacked in a series of papers by Anglican clergymen in the biology section of the …
Darwin in letters, 1882: Nothing too great or too small
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In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and for the first time in decades he was not working on another book. He remained active in botanical research, however. Building on his recent studies in plant…
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- … Abbey. The event was attended by many dignitaries, leading clergymen, politicians, and presidents of …
Darwin in letters, 1864: Failing health
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On receiving a photograph from Charles Darwin, the American botanist Asa Gray wrote on 11 July 1864: ‘the venerable beard gives the look of your having suffered, and … of having grown older’. Because of poor health, Because of poor health, Darwin…
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- … Essays and reviews , a volume written by six clergymen and one lay author, and expressing liberal …
Darwin's in letters, 1873: Animal or vegetable?
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Having laboured for nearly five years on human evolution, sexual selection, and the expression of emotions, Darwin was able to devote 1873 almost exclusively to his beloved plants. He resumed work on the digestive powers of sundews and Venus fly traps, and…
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- … 1871. Darwin had usually been on good terms with the local clergymen, and had even taken on …
Darwin in letters, 1868: Studying sex
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The quantity of Darwin’s correspondence increased dramatically in 1868 due largely to his ever-widening research on human evolution and sexual selection.Darwin’s theory of sexual selection as applied to human descent led him to investigate aspects of the…
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- … for the sculptor Thomas Woolner, who had made likenesses of clergymen, statesmen, poets, and men of …
